Add mentions about Gradle support in Designer (#352)

Co-authored-by: Jouni Koivuviita <jouni@vaadin.com>
vaadin · Apr 14, 2021 · d18c388 · d18c388
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diff --git a/articles/tools/designer/getting-started/build-your-main-view.asciidoc b/articles/tools/designer/getting-started/build-your-main-view.asciidoc
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Click *OK* to generate the files.
 
 Vaadin Designer will open in Google Chrome.
 
+.Gradle based projects
+[WARNING]
+Gradle based projects (see <<{articles}/guide/start/gradle#, Starting a Project with Gradle>> for more information) need to be started at least once before using Designer, so that the frontend dependencies (in the `node_modules` folder) are ready for Designer.
+
 [#getting-familiar-with-the-ui]
 == Getting familiar with the UI
 

diff --git a/articles/tools/designer/getting-started/setting-up-your-environment.asciidoc b/articles/tools/designer/getting-started/setting-up-your-environment.asciidoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Before you can start developing your Java app web app with Designer, you need to
 
 If you need to set up your Java development environment from scratch, follow the steps in the link:https://vaadin.com/learn/tutorials/modern-web-apps-with-spring-boot-and-vaadin/setting-up-a-java-development-environment[Building Modern Web Apps with Spring Boot and Vaadin - Setting up a Java development environment] tutorial.
 
-If you already have a working Java development environment, including a JDK, Maven, Git, Node.js, and an IDE, you can skip this step and proceed to set up a Vaadin project. The tutorial uses IntelliJ IDEA, but everything demonstrated is also available in Eclipse.
+If you already have a working Java development environment, including a JDK, Maven/Gradle, Git, Node.js, and an IDE, you can skip this step and proceed to set up a Vaadin project. The tutorial uses IntelliJ IDEA, but everything demonstrated is also available in Eclipse.
 
 == Installing Google Chrome
 
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Follow chapters 2-4 of the https://vaadin.com/learn/tutorials/modern-web-apps-wi
 
 As an alternative, you can skip the steps above and download the end result of Chapter 5 directly: https://github.com/vaadin-learning-center/crm-tutorial/archive/03-database-and-backend.zip[download the project as a zip from GitHub].
 
+.Gradle support
+[NOTE]
+Designer supports Gradle based projects the same ways as Maven based projects. See <<{articles}/guide/start/gradle#, Starting a Project with Gradle>>.
+
 Select one of the following chapters to continue:
 
 * <<installing-idea#,Setting up Vaadin Designer in Intellij IDEA>>